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ID number:  BIRBI-B4068
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Named collection:  P. D. Whitting Collection
Collector:  Whitting, Philip D.
Maker:  Herakleios I; Constantine III; Constantinople
Denomination:  Half-Follis
Place made:  Eurasia: Istanbul
Culture:  Byzantine
Date made:  629-639
Metal:  Base Metal
Diameter (cm):  1.95
Weight (g):  2.10
Axis (degrees):  0.00
Provenance:  Whitting 1655.
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Description:  Obverse: To the l., Herakleios facing, standing, bearded, wearing military attire, and cross-topped crown, holding staff in r. hand. To the r., Constantine III facing, standing, unbearded, wearing chlamys, and cross-topped crown. A cross between their heads. Reverse: K.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: None. Reverse: … NNO XX … (Year 20-29). Control mark: Є (5).

Bibliography:  MIB III 171

Notes:  Overstruck obverse on reverse; undertype a standing, two figure coin of Constantinople.

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Whitting, Philip David
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1903
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Constantine III
Byzantine
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Herakleios I
Byzantine
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